Yap Kim Hock
Yap Kim Hock is a retired badminton player from Malaysia. He is the doubles head coach of the Singapore national badminton team.
Career
He had played with different pairs such as Tan Kim Her and Cheah Soon Kit. Yap represented Malaysia and competed at the [Badminton at the Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta Olympics] and the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the badminton men's doubles event with Cheah Soon Kit. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, they had a bye in the first round and defeated Denny Kantono and Antonius Ariantho of Indonesia in semifinals. In the final, Cheah and Yap lost to Rexy Mainaky and Ricky Subagja of Indonesia 15–5, 13–15, 12–15. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, they could only reach the second round before losing to the Korean doubles.Achievements
Olympic Games
Men's doubles| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | GSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, United States | ![]() World ChampionshipsMen's doubles
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